Bath bombs for the shower? Yuzu Soap's shower tablets promise to scent your shower if not your person: "To use, place one tablet on the shower floor or bathtub edge in one of the two corners closest to the water stream (but not directly in the water stream). Drizzle water onto the tablet to activate. As the tablet fizzes, the essential oils will be released into the shower. For best use and to help prolong the scent, it is highly recommended to place the tablet in a small dish (so the water doesn’t drain immediately after activating the tablet)." (Not surprisingly, they also sell a small square dish for that purpose.) Available at Anthropologie in Lavender Sage or Verdant Variety (3 each lavender sage, eucalyptus mint and orange mint), $26 for 9 tablets. If you buy directly from Yuzu Soap, you can also find Lemon Tea Tree, Rosemary Lime and Bergamot Lime.
No secret
Louis Vuitton has made no secret of its desire to build a beauty empire. The $465bn beauty market is set to increase to $750bn by 2024, according to Inkwood Research, and although last year Mintel reported that the fragrance category is only set to increase by about 1.4 per cent to £1.5bn by 2022, the blockbuster perfume remains a luxury lodestar. Chanel has built a $10bn-a-year business around a few key signature scents.
— Read more at On the scent: why Louis Vuitton is putting its faith in fragrance at Financial Times.